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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 12, 2016Bent County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 8:58 PM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2016, 8:58 PM MDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WUUS55 KPUB 130258
SVRPUB
COC011-089-130345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0073.160613T0258Z-160613T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
858 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
  BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 858 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  LAS ANIMAS...OR 14 MILES EAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. 

  HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...BLUE LAKE...
  CADDOA AND FORT LYON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3785 10349 3825 10341 3826 10277 3770 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 257DEG 28KT 3796 10327 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$

KAM

3 follow-up statements

967 
WWUS55 KPUB 130311
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
911 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC089-130321-
/O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160613T0345Z/
OTERO CO-
911 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3783 10339 3825 10338 3826 10277 3770 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 249DEG 25KT 3801 10319 

$$

COC011-130345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160613T0345Z/
BENT CO-
911 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR BENT COUNTY...

AT 911 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAS
ANIMAS...OR 18 MILES EAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...BLUE LAKE...
CADDOA AND FORT LYON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3783 10339 3825 10338 3826 10277 3770 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 249DEG 25KT 3801 10319 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

519 
WWUS55 KPUB 130323
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
923 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC011-130345-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160613T0345Z/
BENT CO-
923 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL BENT COUNTY...

AT 923 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHN MARTIN
RESERVOIR...OR 23 MILES EAST OF NORTH LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...MCCLAVE...HASTY...BLUE LAKE...
CADDOA AND FORT LYON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3792 10339 3825 10326 3826 10277 3779 10276
      3791 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 254DEG 25KT 3803 10311 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

KAM

313 
WWUS55 KPUB 130344
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
944 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

COC011-130354-
/O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160613T0345Z/
BENT CO-
944 PM MDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BENT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3792 10339 3825 10326 3826 10277 3779 10276
      3791 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 257DEG 28KT 3803 10311 

$$

KAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 12, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	16 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	34 min
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	34 min
Jun 12, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	18 min
Jun 12, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	46 min
Jun 12, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	25 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	48 min
Jun 12, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa	43 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	35 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
Jun 12, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	59 min
Jun 12, 10:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Bent, Otero	3 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	28 min
Jun 13, 9:53 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jun 13, 10:09 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	36 min
Jun 13, 10:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	37 min
Jun 13, 11:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 min
Jun 13, 11:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	35 min
Jun 13, 12:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 13, 1:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	38 min
Jun 13, 1:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	32 min
Jun 13, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	15 min
Jun 13, 1:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
Jun 13, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jun 13, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	39 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	36 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	40 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 13, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 13, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	28 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	53 min
Jun 13, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	36 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	30 min
Jun 13, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Jun 13, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	26 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Jun 13, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	25 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	45 min
Jun 13, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	21 min
Jun 13, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 13, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	25 min
Jun 13, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	12 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.